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Today’s Orders

By Akin Gump Supreme Court Practice Group

A copy of today’s orders list is now available here. To access the certiorari stage filings in the two granted cases — Fitzgerald, et vir v. Barnstable School Committee, et al. (07-1125) and Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Williams (07-1216) — continue reading after the jump.

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Docket: 07-1216
Case name: Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Williams
Issue: Whether the Supreme Court of Oregon, on remand from the Court?s 2007 decision on the constitutionality of a $79.5 million punitive damages award based on harms done to non-named plaintiffs, improperly asserted a state law procedural bar having the effect of precluding Phillip Morris from asserting a constitutional claim.

• Opinion below (Supreme Court of Oregon)
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition
• Petitioner?s reply
• Amicus brief of the Chamber of Commerce (in support of the petitioner)
• Amicus brief of the Washington Legal Foundation and Allied Educational Foundation (in support of the petitioner)
• Amicus brief of Associated Oregon Industries, et al. (in support of the petitioner)
• Amicus brief of the Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. (in support of the petitioner)

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Docket: 07-1125
Case name: Fitzgerald, et vir v. Barnstable School Committee, et al.
Issue: Whether Title IX precludes Section 1983 constitutional claims to remedy sex discrimination in educational settings.

• Opinion below (1st Circuit)
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition
• Petitioner?s reply

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Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on June 09, 2008 (boomark / email).